Autographic register.



0. M. KIRKLAND. AAUTOGBAPHIG REGISTER. APPLICATION rum) un. 14, 1907.

Patgnted Dec. 1, 1908.

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APPLIOATION rum: JAN. 14, 1907.

Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

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OARROL M. KIRKLAND, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE W. HUGHES, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARROL M. KIRKLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Autographic Registers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in autographic registers wherein a series of super-imposed duplicate slips are held in position to be written up, the object of my invention being particularly to provide means for holding the slips in absolute alinement while issuing the same, and for securing in other respects a particularly simple and accurate machine.

To this end my invention consists in the features of construction and combination hereinafter particularly described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification; Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention; Fig. 2 is a partial side elevation illustrating an'adjustable support for a rewinding roller for one of the slips; Fig. 3 is a detail of a support for the bearing shown in Fig. 2; Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views of actuating mechanism for the rewinding roller; Fig. 6 is a partial front elevation of the machine; Fig. 7 is a detail view of a pressure device constituting part of the mechanism for issuing the slips; Fig. 8 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the slip issuing mechanism, and Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a margin frame forming part of my invention broken away.

In the drawings A represents the base of the register formed with upwardly extending side walls 2.

B represents a frame having downwardly extending side walls 3 which fit against the walls 2 and have pivotal connection 4 at their lower front ends therewith. The upper transverse wall 5 of the frame B constitutes the writing table. Having hinge support 6 at the rear of the machine is a margin frame 7 extending forwardly over the table frame B, the margin frame being formed with a large rectangular opening over the table through which the writing may be done on the paper lying on the table. Horizontally journaled in the side walls 2 and 3 of the machine, as shown in Fig. 1, are a plurality of rolls of paper 8 preferably three in number. The paper from said rolls pass over anti-friction rolls as indicated by dotted line inFig. 1 and forwardly between the writing table 5 and the margin frame 7. Having slidable support underneath the writing table, as shown in Fig. 6, is the slip delivery slide 10. The slide 10 carries at its outer end a pressure bar 11 slidably supported in the upwardly extending side brackets 12 by means of screws 13 extending through said brackets and into the slotted openings in the ends of the pressure bar. The pressure bar is shaped upon its upper side to fit against the transverse shaft 14 and is held raised against said shaft by springs 15 arranged in the slotted openings 16 above the screws 13. An outwardly extending screw 17 is secured in the shaft 14 in position to bear against the pressure bar 11 and force it downward to wards the slide when said shaft isturned. The shaft 14 is journaledin the brackets 12 and carries at one end an actuatinghandle 18 extending rearwardly along the adjacent side of the machine.

In order to move the slide forward I provide a handle 19 extending outwardly from the rear end of the slide through a slot 20 in the adjacent side wall 3 of the machine. The handle 19 is normally locked by a spring 21 secured upon the handle and normally standing in a notch 22. The rear end of the lever arm 18 carries a downwardly extending spring 23 which rests upon the spring 21 so that when the rear end of the lever arm 18 is depressed the spring 23 will force the spring 21 downward out of the notch 22 allowing the handle 19 to be moved forward in the slot 20 to carry the slips 24 into issuing position. It will be evident that as the rear end of the lever arm 18 is forced down it will by turning the shaft 14 force the friction bar 11 against the slips, holding the sli s firmly ressed against the end of the sli e and alowing them to be carried outward with the slide. When the slide is returned to normal position the lever 18 will be released allowing the pressure bar 11 to slide backward over the slips, the slips being held in outdrawn position by means of a friction roller 25 journaled in the walls 3 at the front end of the machine in position to bear against the sli s.

To adjust the outward movement of t e slide to accord with the length of the slips to be torn OF I provide a pin 26 adapted to fit into one of a series of openings 27 m the side wall 3 against which pm the handle 19 will strike in the forward movement of the slide.

In order to rewind the lower sheet of paper when desired I provide the roller 37 journaled in the ends of arms 28. The arms 28 have hinge support 29 upon plates 30 rotatably supported in the walls 3. The arms 28 are provided with pins 31 each adapted to fit in one of the openings 32 in the side walls 3 by means of which the plate 31 and its arm 28 may be held in adjusted positions. The roller 37 carries at one end a pinion 33 adapted to intermesh with a toothed bar 34 carried by the corresponding side of the slide. The pinion 33 has spring restrained support 35, as shown in Fig. 4, and is formed with a cut-away side 36.

The number of teeth on the rack and pinion are so proportioned that as the slide is carried to forward position the rack will slide past the cut-away side of the pinion, as shown in Fig. 5, assuming, in the forward end of its movement, the position shown in Fig. 4. As soon as the teeth of the rack pass the cut-away portion of the pinion the pressure spring for the pinion will carry the pinionu ward behind the rack teeth so that when the side is returned to normal position the rack teeth will engage with the pinion teeth and turn the pinion one revolution. This will wind the lower slip upon the roller 37.

As the slide is carried to rear position it turns the pinion 33 into the position shown in Fig. 5. Thus when it is carried forward the flat surface of the pinion being in contact with the faces of several of the teeth will slide along the teeth until it passes beyond the teeth as shown in Fig. 4, when the pressure spring for the pinion will force it upward past the adjacent tooth.

In Fig. 4 is represented the position of the pinion 33 and rack 34 when the handle 19 is at the left hand end of its slot as shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 represents the position of these parts when the handle 19 has been moved to the right as far as the position shown in Fig. 1.

I claim 1. An autographic register of the class described comprising in combination a casing, paper rolls journaled therein, a writing table, a s ide supported by said table, a transverse pressure bar carried above the outer end of said slide, and an actuating handle for said bar, a handle for said slide, a locking spring for said slide handle, and means carried by said pressure bar handle to release said locking spring.

2. An autographic register of the class described comprising in combination a casing, paper rolls j ournaled therein, a writing table above said rolls, a slide upon the underside of said table, a margin plate supported above said table, a transverse shaft journaled above the outer end of said slide, a slidable spring pressed bar under said shaft, an actuating handle for said shaft, means carried by said shaft for engaging with and forcing said bar downward as said shaft is turned, and an actuating handle for said slide.

3. An autographic register of the class described comprising in combination a casing, paper rolls journaled therein, a writing table, a margin plate over said table, a slide supported by said table, a pressure bar supported above the outer end of said slide, an actuating handlefor said bar, a handle for said slide, and adjustable means arranged in the path of said slide handle to limit the outward movement of said slide.

4. An autographic register of the class described comprising in combination a casing, paper rolls j ournaled therein, a writing table, a slide supported by said table, gripping means carried by said slide, an actuating handle for said gripping means, a rewinding roll journaled in said casing, and a rack and pinion, said pinion being cut away on one side and the teeth of the rack and pinion being so proportioned as to allow said rack to turn said pinion only when said slide has been returned to inward position and allowing the rack to travel past the pinion without turning the same when the slide is being forwardly moved.

5. An autographic register of the class described comprising in combination a casing, paper rolls ournaled therein, a writing table, a slide supported in connection therewith, paper gripping means carried by said slide, a rewinding roll, means actuating said roll .from said slide when said slide is returned to inward position, and an adjustable support for said roll.

6. An autographic register of the class described comprising in combination a casing, paper rolls journaled therein, a writing table, a slide supported in connection therewith, paper gripping means carried by said slide, a rewinding roll, means actuating said roll from said slide when said slide is returned to inward position, a hinged arm having pivotal support in said casing, and means for locking said arm in adjustable position.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OARROL M. KIRKLAND. Witnesses:

H. S. JOHNSON, HATTIE SMITH. 

